Internal-combustion engines – Accessories – Covers – trays – vibrators – corrosion inhibitors – air filters
Patent
1981-02-02
1983-02-15
Lazarus, Ira S.
Internal-combustion engines
Accessories
Covers, trays, vibrators, corrosion inhibitors, air filters
123 4165, 123195A, 464182, F02B 7700
Patent
active
043734820
ABSTRACT:
A flexible shaft (42) driven by a transversely mounted engine (18) of an automobile (10) and extending rearwardly of the axis (48--48) of the crankshaft of the engine a distance transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and then curving and extending longitudinally forwardly to the cooling fan (32) used to draw air through the radiator (28) of the vehicle. The engine (18) is mounted in a front wheel drive vehicle (10) and has a pulley (36) mounted on the forward end of the engine driven via a belt (38) from a pulley (40) on the crankshaft of the engine. The pulley (36) in turn rotates the core (54) of the flexible shaft (42) which in turn rotates a shaft (64) used to drive the cooling fan (32) mounted juxtaposition the radiator (28). Means (58,60) secure the shaft at each end respectively to the rear end of the pulley (36) and the cooling fan (32). A gentle sweeping curve is provided from the transverse extending portion of shaft (42) to the longitudinally extending portion. One end of shaft (42) may be driven via an accessory of engine (18), such as the alternator (178), while the other end may drive fan (132) through a gear box (180).
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Eaton Corporation
Grace Charles H.
Kasper Leslie J.
Lazarus Ira S.
Yakimow John W.
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